Filibuster Brinnk: Longtime Hill staffer argues, "We now face nuclear option crisis 3.0. This time, the focus is mostly about judicial nominations.... The nuclear option has never been used, nor should it be. Democrats should back away from that slippery slope before they make a decision they may later regret," in a POLITICO op-ed.

On That Note...: The Senate votes this afternoon on the nomination of Georgetown University Law Center professor Cornelia "Nina" Pillard for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Background, here.